Cancer, Fuck You!
Cancer, fuck you. Fuck cancer's aunts and uncles. Fuck cancer's cousins. Fuck cancer's friends. Fuck cancer.
My mom is 3x cancer survivor. She's had Uterine Caner and Skin Cancer twice. When she had uterine cancer, I was only 1 years old. When she was in surgery to remove her uterus, she died on the table. Let me say that again. She died. She tells me that while she was standing over her body having an out of body experience, laying there and watching her lifeless body on the operating table, she looked up and saw her grandma who had passed away years prior. Her grandma told her she had 2 babies at home that needed her, and that she need she needed to fight. She fought alright.
Individuals with MS may have a greater chance of developing cancer. When suppressing the immune system and changing one's body chemistry, there is a risk.
Now imagine having cancer and an autoimmune disease on top of it. Why do people have to go through these awful circumstances? As if one of these situations wasn't bad enough on it's own, you got to throw the other one on top of it. I was too young to remember the 1st and 2nd time she got cancer. That's probably for the best. I do remember her always being at the doctor though. For the 3rd time, I was with her every step of the way. Going to doctor appointments, getting treatment, and recovery. The chemo, the nausea, the hair loss, the pain, the surgeries, the helplessness, and the emotional rollercoaster. We've been through it all. Don't forgot, this was all happening while fighting MS. This was a time where her disability progression started to begin and where she began her downward slope.
Yes, she's a badass. Yes, she's a fighter. Yes, she kicked cancer's ass. However, no one deserves to go through such a devastating disease. It's 2020. Why don't we have a cure? Why are still battling cancer?
I think it goes without saying (as least it should but you know, there's always 1 out there) that cancer is something I would never wish on anyone. I would also never say "I wish I had cancer instead of MS (insert any disease here)". Excuse me? Come again? Did I just hear you right? Did you really just say that? My mom was talking to a group of people who have MS and when my mom shared her story, an individual in that group said that they wished they had cancer instead of MS. My mom was shocked and dumbfounded. My mom asked this person if they really understood whey they were saying. Of course, my mom wishes she never had MS. She wishes she never had cancer too. But also she knows what it's like to have both, at the same time. It's something she doesn't wish on the worst person in the world. How does anyone wish this is upon themselves?
To all the women I know who have fought or who are still fighting uterine, skin, breast, stomach, cervical, and bile duct cancer, I love you.
Cancer, this is a warning to you. If you try and come for my mom again, I will kill you. I will hunt you down, find out where work and live, get the names of your family and friends, and I will make your life miserable. I'll make you wish you were never born. You will not survive the wrath of the Agauas family.
Sincerely,
Becca
My mom is 3x cancer survivor. She's had Uterine Caner and Skin Cancer twice. When she had uterine cancer, I was only 1 years old. When she was in surgery to remove her uterus, she died on the table. Let me say that again. She died. She tells me that while she was standing over her body having an out of body experience, laying there and watching her lifeless body on the operating table, she looked up and saw her grandma who had passed away years prior. Her grandma told her she had 2 babies at home that needed her, and that she need she needed to fight. She fought alright.
Individuals with MS may have a greater chance of developing cancer. When suppressing the immune system and changing one's body chemistry, there is a risk.
Now imagine having cancer and an autoimmune disease on top of it. Why do people have to go through these awful circumstances? As if one of these situations wasn't bad enough on it's own, you got to throw the other one on top of it. I was too young to remember the 1st and 2nd time she got cancer. That's probably for the best. I do remember her always being at the doctor though. For the 3rd time, I was with her every step of the way. Going to doctor appointments, getting treatment, and recovery. The chemo, the nausea, the hair loss, the pain, the surgeries, the helplessness, and the emotional rollercoaster. We've been through it all. Don't forgot, this was all happening while fighting MS. This was a time where her disability progression started to begin and where she began her downward slope.
Yes, she's a badass. Yes, she's a fighter. Yes, she kicked cancer's ass. However, no one deserves to go through such a devastating disease. It's 2020. Why don't we have a cure? Why are still battling cancer?
I think it goes without saying (as least it should but you know, there's always 1 out there) that cancer is something I would never wish on anyone. I would also never say "I wish I had cancer instead of MS (insert any disease here)". Excuse me? Come again? Did I just hear you right? Did you really just say that? My mom was talking to a group of people who have MS and when my mom shared her story, an individual in that group said that they wished they had cancer instead of MS. My mom was shocked and dumbfounded. My mom asked this person if they really understood whey they were saying. Of course, my mom wishes she never had MS. She wishes she never had cancer too. But also she knows what it's like to have both, at the same time. It's something she doesn't wish on the worst person in the world. How does anyone wish this is upon themselves?
To all the women I know who have fought or who are still fighting uterine, skin, breast, stomach, cervical, and bile duct cancer, I love you.
Cancer, this is a warning to you. If you try and come for my mom again, I will kill you. I will hunt you down, find out where work and live, get the names of your family and friends, and I will make your life miserable. I'll make you wish you were never born. You will not survive the wrath of the Agauas family.
Sincerely,
Becca
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